Thursday March 2, 2006

The Daily Loper – March 2, 2006

Todays links of interest:

Phone, media firms see mobile ads soon
Which means I’m already waiting for my cellphone TiVo. CeVo?
Opening up the Intel Mac mini
Medialoper loves product autopsies
Microsoft says better than Google soon
Noted without comment.
UCI Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails, Suit Says
Have you ever wondered who actually responds to those Nigerian emails? Apparently, it’s this guy.
Radio: Why wasn’t CBS sterner prior to suing Howard?
CBS Desk: What took so long? If the execs couldn’t bring themselves to listen to Stern’s show, they could have asked random teenage boys on the streeet about the show.
FCC Chief Presses Cable Firms
In a twist, the FCC thinks consumers should be reimbursed for channels they don’t want, that cable companies should bend over backwards to redefine their business models, and is ESPN really family-friendly?
AOL hanging up on dial-up customers?
Dial-up? What in the world is dial-up?

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4 Comment(s) so far

1. Links for 1.20.08: Music’s best beards, Folk’s finest hip-hop… « the listenerd wrote on January 20th, 2008 at 6:40 am

[...] *David Milch is going back to doing cop shows. [medialoper] [...]

2. Links for 6.28.08: No long tail, Waits’ honor, Madonna’s divorce… « the listenerd wrote on June 27th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

[...] *Tom Waits has been given the key to the city of El Paso. What will he do with it? [medialoper] [...]

3. Links for 7.28.08: Indie labels rule, 8tracks emerges, Zune tatts farewell… « the listenerd wrote on July 28th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

[...] Links for 7.28.08: Indie labels rule, 8tracks emerges, Zune tatts farewell… Posted in daily links, entertainment, links, music by Josh Kimball on July 28th, 2008 *BusinessWeek: Veteran indie record labels are kicking the asses of the majors. (They have decided not to take names at this time.) [medialoper] [...]

4. Links for 8.3.08: Lollapalooza 360s, music video search, Rickrolling again… « the listenerd wrote on August 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 am

[...] *Lyrics: Lyrics websites suck. Sure, they may suck for finding the words to songs, but they are useful when it comes to spyware and pop-ads. [medialoper] [...]

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Double MEEP.
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